my age of magic

Chapter 517 15. Bed Crossbow
The airship continued to sail south, and the clouds gradually became thinner. Looking down from the deck of the airship, one could clearly see a piece of fresh green sprouting on the vast land, and the gray mountains and rivers in the morning light and fog. Looming in the swamp, the undulating mountains from west to east are like the tail of a giant dragon, and the gateway mountain, which is several thousand meters high, is like a bone spur on the tail of a giant dragon.

Many people heard the ear-piercing hissing, and ran out of the cabin one after another, standing on the deck to find out what happened. Anxiety slowly grew in the crowd, and the expressions of experienced travelers became very serious. , They huddled on the side of the ship and looked at the source of the sound.

Although I haven't received the kind of vision-strengthening training of archers, I have superhuman eyesight, even better than some archer apprentices.

Looking towards the Portal Mountain on the left side of the ship's side, the clouds and mist that are traveling by the wind reflect the dazzling sunlight, just like flying fish passing through the endless sea, with a silver body walking through the sea of ​​clouds, a pair of short Every time the fleshy wings open and close, it will let its body shoot forward like an arrow. Their speed is extremely fast, and where they pass, even the tumbling sea of ​​clouds is drawn a straight line.

Originally, it was only in the sea of ​​clouds, with bits and pieces of light appearing from time to time, but it expanded into a black spot in a moment, and then formed a straight silver thread, breaking through the clouds and flying towards us.

Just when I secretly rejoiced that only a wind snake appeared in my field of vision, Captain Mackintosh beside me exclaimed. I followed his line of sight, and a trace of coolness rushed from the back of my spine to the top of my head. , within the range of my sight, dozens of silver threads broke through the clouds and rushed towards our airship, and the silver light spots were like silver fish jumping on the sparkling lake.

"It's too late, guys, push those guys in the warehouse to the deck!" Captain Mackintosh stood by the railing of the captain's cabin and shouted loudly to the deck.

At this time, several crew members ran from the deck to the captain's cabin at the stern, and they opened a cellar-like hatch. There was a wooden triangular boom on the side, and the two crew members pulled the boom on the boom. The cables were used to extend the pulley hook on the boom into the cabin, and the crew's movements were very skilled.

After waiting for too long, someone shouted loudly from below: "Okay, pull up, guys! Be careful, this is a big guy!"

I looked curiously at the dexterous crew members who used the boom to slowly pull out a huge monster in a gray rain jacket from the hatch.

A crew member standing on the observation deck of the high mast shouted loudly: "They are coming, guys, hurry up!"

"Captain Mackintosh, maybe I can help!" Seeing the group of wind snakes becoming more and more clear in my field of vision, I took out the Thorium long-barreled shotgun from my magic pocket, held it in my hand, Speak to Captain Mackintosh.

"Mage Jijia, thank you very much for being willing to stand up and help everyone when the airship is in trouble." Although Captain McIntosh said so, his eyes were still full of worry.

At this time, a frame of behemoths was pulled out from the cabin by the crew, and then the crew took out the suggested wooden track and laid it on the ship's lady's deck. , Those huge monsters wrapped in smocks were pushed to the edge of the ship's side, and the seemingly useless round holes on the deck happened to become the mounting holes for fixing the brackets at this time.

Afterwards, two crew members were in charge of removing the thick oilcloth rainproof coveralls, revealing the well-maintained bed crossbow inside. On the racks on both sides of the bed crossbow, the crew hung the bowstrings of raw beef tendon on the back of the bow, and then tightened the bowstrings on the bed crossbow with nooses. In a blink of an eye, three bed crossbows were installed on the deck of the airship, and they went smoothly. The bowstring is set.

The tauren Luka crawled out of the tent in the corner of the deck in the chaos, and with confused eyes, he stood in the panicked crowd and kept looking for me. When he saw me standing leisurely in the captain's cabin at the stern , his mood became stable, and he made a gesture to me that he was ready to fight at any time.

"Com, go and take out those magic-sealing boxes hidden in the bilge!" Captain Mackintosh said to his second mate at this time.

"Obey, Captain!" A young-looking young man stood out from the crowd and saluted Captain Mackintosh at the side of the captain's cabin.

During this period of time, the wind snakes in the distance are getting closer to us, and I can clearly see the silver scales on their bodies, the eyes are covered with a layer of white eyelids, the triangular snake heads, and the round bodies. The pair of fleshy wings are not too big, and the whole body is wrapped in wind circles. Each wind snake is about three meters long.

There should be more than [-] of these snakes, and they flew hundreds of meters away in a blink of an eye. Finally, the snakes appeared in people's sight. When they saw such a large group of snakes flying towards the airship, the deck There was a deep exclamation on the upload, obviously many people knew this kind of monster.

"Wind snake, my God, it's a wind snake!"

Among the chaotic crowd, some people knew this kind of ferocious monsters. These wind monsters are good at speed attacks. Some adult elite wind snakes also have the "wind blade" skill. They are good at dodging, tracking, and scouting.

Captain Mackintosh stood on the tall captain's cabin, leaning on the railing with both hands, standing upright, and shouted loudly to the crowd on the deck: "Passengers, please be quiet, please be quiet."

His hoarse voice was very penetrating, almost resounding through the entire [-]-meter-long deck.

When the deck became a little calmer, Captain Mackintosh continued: "Please maintain order and let my crew push down the defensive weapons to the predetermined positions. I promise that the airship Mackintosh will give you the safest safety measures." , all our crew members will do everything possible to ensure the safety of everyone's life and property!"

The deck became silent for a while, but then someone began to voice doubts.

Captain McIntosh tidied up his captain's clothing, straightened the bow tie at the collar, then coughed lightly, and said, "I am Captain McIntosh, please remain calm, during battle, the airship will produce Shaking violently, it is very dangerous to be on the deck, please return to your own cabin, please return to your own cabin, please do not stay on the deck!"

For Captain Mackintosh's arrangement, obviously the passengers on the deck did not buy it, so everyone crowded on the deck like this and began to talk about it.

Although the wind snake in the distance is getting closer and closer, the people on the deck seem to have forgotten the dangers of the outside world, and instead emphasize that they have absolute freedom!
Someone even stood up from the crowd, pointed at Captain McIntosh's nose, and said, "Forget it, those rebels are not done yet, and now you are attacked by wind snakes, you unlucky fellow!" Captain, you are an unlucky person who has been cursed by the gods, why do you still want to be the captain of an airship and lead us all to die? It is unforgivable!"

Captain Mackintosh ignored the questioning young man standing on the barrel.

He spread his hands on his chest, and continued to calmly say to the passengers below: "Everyone, we need a large number of professional archers and shield fighters. If you have served as defensive fighters in the army or stayed in the archer camp However, I sincerely request you to join our team."

His eyes scanned the crowd below. Under his gaze, those chattering people just shrank back, and some people who were watching the changes showed some thinking expressions on their faces.

Captain McIntosh raised his fist high and passionately incited the passengers below: "We will fight these wind snakes to the death, so we need real warriors, those who have the courage to fight."

I couldn't help sighing secretly that the old captain Mackintosh had tried his best to keep the whole ship alive. The long-barreled shotgun of the ship was held tighter, and the sailors on the edge of the ship ignored everything that happened here on the deck. Under the leadership of the first officer, they used the noose to pull the bowstring of the bed crossbow. The three-meter-long, arm-thick The crossbow arrows have been installed, and the bed crossbowmen are doing the final angle calibration and wind speed calculation.

The old captain McIntosh saw that many people were hesitant, so he drew another big pie, and he said: "At the same time, I believe this is also a very rare opportunity. With so many second-level monsters, I promise to harvest a lot of magic. Material."

Hearing that the airship will distribute all the spoils equally, there was a low cry of excitement from the crowd, and the enthusiasm in the crowd was ignited at once.

At this moment, the old captain still doesn't understand that it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot, and Captain Mackintosh promised: "I promise again that the entire crew of the Mackintosh will not steal any piece of magic beast material, even a small wind snake bone. "

At this time, I saw the clever second officer, the young man Ke Mu, standing in the crowd and asking: "Mr. Captain, can those wind snakes that the crew hunted with bed crossbows be included in the list of rewards. "

I finally knew that the old captain said so much just to wait for this moment.

Sure enough, the passengers on the airship were very shameless about the young man's brazen question, and everyone cast contemptuous glances at Kom.

But a subtle change appeared on everyone's face, that is, a little bit of hope and greed. In the face of this imminent danger, after experiencing the rest of his life after the rebels hijacked the airship, the greedy side of human nature became more and more serious. It was completely revealed that although many people were not ashamed to ask Ke Mu, in the bottom of their hearts, they secretly began to have new expectations.

The old Captain Mackintosh behaved like a stranger to Kom, and I secretly admired in my heart: You really know how to act!
The old captain made a generous statement: "I promise that all the wind snake materials we hunt will be distributed to everyone here. Of course, we will treat them differently according to how much everyone contributed in the battle. Similarly, we will also use this batch Warcraft materials to make up for the losses you suffered on the airship!"

Among the crowd on the deck, there was some commotion again. In the hearts of everyone on the deck, the impression of the old captain gradually changed a lot.

Captain McIntosh paused for a moment, his voice became a little low and hoarse, and he said: "As for me, the captain of this airship, McIntosh, I will accept the imperial capital after arriving in the imperial capital. In the trial of the Arbitration Institute, I will bear the responsibility that belongs to me!"

"And now..."

"We need archers! Come and join us."

"Shield warrior, come to us, our task is to ensure that those archers are not attacked by the wind snake!"

In this cold spring season, a scorching flame burned on the deck. Women and children hid in the cabin one after another, while the men stayed behind. The knives are arranged in a neat formation on the deck, just like the most basic phalanx in a military camp.The outermost row is shield warriors holding various styles of shields and scimitars, the second row is weapon warriors holding spears of different lengths and colors, and the inside is a combination of swordsmen and archers.

Seeing everyone skillfully lined up, I had a special idea for the first time, that is, the system of universal military service in the Green Empire is not without any benefits!

Finally, I waited for my moment.

Those virtual thin lines in the spiritual sea once again connect me with those wind snakes flying in the sky, which means that those wind snakes have entered the hunting range of my thorium shotgun. Under the surprised gaze of Captain McIntosh, a ball of flame rose from my palm, and then quickly disappeared on the barrel of the thorium shotgun, and the hexagram circle under my feet also gathered and dispersed.

'Flame Tongue Weapon'

Hold it on the barrel of the shotgun, open the barrel, put a bullet engraved with the simplest "Wind Control Array" into the barrel of the shotgun, close the barrel of the shotgun, I stand on the deck, Holding the shotgun flat, when the dotted line in my eyes connected the muzzle of the shotgun to the head of a wind snake, I pulled the trigger without hesitation.

'boom'

A shot went off.

Then there were three sounds of "嗖", "嗖", "嗖", and the sound of crossbow arrows galloping rapidly, the whole deck trembled.

The bed crossbow and shotgun launched the first wave of attacks on the wind snakes almost at the same time.

The archers on the deck could only put their feather arrows on the bowstrings. In a tense atmosphere, they waited for the wind snakes to approach quickly, and the wind snakes had not yet entered their range.

The three giant crossbows made ear-piercing hissing noises after tearing through the air, and there were continuous "cracking" air explosions in the air. The arrows of the crossbows had a layer of air shield of naked-eye technology, and the tails of the arrows carried a huge The airflow shot towards the group of wind snakes.

(End of this chapter)